Stacker



Jan. 22, 1924.

1,481,724 w. A. MINNIEAYR STACKER Filed Nov. 30. 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

Jan. 22 v 1924- W. A. MINNIEAR.

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Jail. 22, 1924- W. A. MINNIEAR STACKER Filed NOV. 30. 1921 I N VENTOR.

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Patented Jan. .22, 1924.

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Application filed November 30, 1921; Serial No. 518,893.

T all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, VVILLIAM A. MIN- NIEAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Danbury, in the county of Redis willow and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Stacker; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will en- 10 able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, comparatively inexpensive and efficient means whereby wheat heads, grain or straw may be removed expeditiously from the receptacle of the header or harvester, or other means of conveying the same to the locality selected for the formation of the stack, and elevated and deposited under conditions insuring the proper formation of a stack, the apparatus being of such a construction as to adapt it to be adjusted to suit the height to which the material is to be elevated, or progressively as a stack is formed, and for other'purposes, and with these objects in view the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein: $0 Figure 1' is a side View of the stacker in its operative position.

Figure 2 is a vertical central sectional view of the same showing in full lines the platform in its elevated and in dotted lines in its lowered or folded position.

Figure 3 is a front view.

Figure 4 is a rear view.

Figures 5 and 6 are detail sectional views on planes indicated respectively by lines 49 5-5 and 6-6 of Figure 2.

Figure 7 is a detail sectional view of header box and cradle or carrier.

The apparatus which as illustrated is more especially designed for stacking headed grain, consists essentially of a supporting or base frame having for example, the side beams or runners 10 from which rise uprights 11 and 12, an elevator frame 13 pivotally mounted as at 14 between the uprights 11, the floor or bottom 15 of said elevator being of sheet metal or similar material adapting it for traverse by a cradle or carrier 16, said bottom or platform being arranged in continuation of a stationary lead or guide shoe 17 preferably of an arouate form as indicated clearly in Figure 1,

- chines adapted for heading grain, so that when the header box has become loaded the harvesting machine may be brought into discharging relation with the elevator and the cradle or carrier moved from the header box onto the shoe or guide for elevation to the point of discharge. The means of actuating the cradle or carrier may consist as shown in the drawings of a cable 20, one run of which is arranged at each side of the elevator and is provided at its lower end with a hook 21 or like means for engaging the cradle or carrier, said cable passing over a suitable guide pulley 22 at the upper end of the elevator frame and thence being extended downward and around a direction pulley 23 for connection with a single tree or draft appliance or other equivalent means for producing a progressive movement of the cable sufficient to move the cradle or carrier from the lower end of the elevator to the upper or discharge end thereof. The elevator at its discharge end is provided with a downwardly and outwardly inclined rest 24 upon which the bottom of the cradle or carrier drops to discharge the grain heads therefrom. This rest may be substantially supported and braced by timbers 25 and 26 as indicated in the drawings. The floor or platform of the elevator is preferably extended as shown at 15 to form the floor or bottom of the rest. 7

The elevator frame swings between the uprights 12 which serve as guides to prevent lateral displacement thereof, and is movable to its desired inclination, to suit the desired. elevation of discharge of the grain heads, by means of an elevating cable 27 passing over a direction pulley 28 at the upper end of one of the rear uprights and being reeled upon a drum or Windlass 29 which is accessible from the ground.

When not in use or in the event of a storm or a high Wind the platform may be lowered to a substantially horizontal position so as not to be exposed to the Wind and therefore to the possibility of injury, and in the folded position the apparatus may be readily transported from one place to another as the formation of the stack may require.

The same apparatus may be efficiently employed in transferring material from Wagons or other vehicles to a loft or hay mow. It is to be understood that all parts of the stacker may be made of metal or that certain parts thereof may be made of metal and others of WOOCl, or that any other material suitable for the pnrpose'may be employed. in the manufacture of the stacker.

Having thus described the invention, that I claim is A stacker having a base or supporting frame, an

elevator platform pivotally mounted at one end upon said frame, a stationary lead or guide shoe in communication with the pivoted end of the platform means for varying the inclination of the platform, a carrier for traversing said shoe and platform, and hoisting cables longitudinally traversing the platform and provided with means for detachably engaging the carrier the platform having a sheet metal floor and; being provided at its upper end with a downwardly inclined cradle or carrier rest of which the bottom is formed by a continuation of the floor of the plat form.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM A. MINNIEAR. Witnesses:

MAYo'W. GREEN, CHARLES WADE. 

